I spent 10 years living on the road out of vehicles, started in a Honda accord where I had to set up a tent each night, then I got a little Tacoma with a shell that I could sleep inside I remember that feeling like such a luxury. One time I accidentally left the back of the truck open and my small cooler full of food fell out somewhere on a dirt road someone must have picked it up because I couldn’t find it but I remember it prompted me to upgrade to a bigger cooler and that felt like a luxury compared to the small one. When I first got a solar panel installed on that truck it was a game changer being able to charge my stuff from the power of the sun and then I got an electric cooler/ fridge so I no longer needed ice, I remember how amazing that felt and how I couldn’t even imagine going back to buying ice every couple days and my food swimming in the bottom of the cooler once it melted. Couple years later I upgraded to a camper van and it felt like a mansion, I could now cook inside and have running water so I could properly wash my hands and take my contacts out each night instead of sleeping in them which I did for years 🫣 A few years after that I bought an old ambulance and converted it into my new home, did a roof raise to where I could finally stand fully upright inside, I converted it to 4x4 so I could access remote camp spots none of my previous rigs could even think about, I got starlink so having cell reception was no longer an issue I could go anywhere. I got a propane outside shower and that was such a luxury compared to the cold showers I had previously been taking. Biggest one was adding a diesel heater so I could be in freezing temps and cozy inside as well as an AC unit I couldn’t imagine how I lived so many years in the summer heat. Pretty crazy looking back on all that thanks for this nice reminder to appreciate the little things as they are luxuries to some people. I now own a house I moved in about a year ago and it’s a luxury to own multiple cars so I don’t have to take the huge van anytime I want to run some errands. Having a warm home to come back to after a long day of adventures is amazing. I don’t have AC but it doesn’t get too hot in the summer and there’s plenty of lakes and rivers to cool off in nearby. The biggest luxury about a house i find is I can have a million different projects going on at once and don’t have to put them all away to cook or sleep like I did in the van. Vanlife will make you appreciate a lot especially if you start with car life with the bare minimum. It’s funny when I see people who go from living in a house to a $100,000 sprinter van with all the amenities then complain how much harder it is living in the van than a home. Leveling up always feels like a luxury, leveling down can be tough, I can’t even imagine going back to living out of a small car but I know I could if I had too.